Monday 29 September 2014

934. Sinnerman - Nina Simone





Sinnerman where you gonna run to
Sinnerman where you gonna run to
Where you gonna run to
All on that day
Well I run to the rock
Please hide me I run to the rock
Please hide me I run to the rock
Please hide me lord
All on that day
Well the rock cried out
I can't hide you the rock cried out
I can't hide you the rock cried out
I ain't gonna hide you god
All on that day

I said rock what's a matter with you rock
Don't you see I need you rock
Don't let down
All on that day
So I run to the river
It was bleedin' I run to the sea
It was bleedin' I run to the sea
It was bleedin' all on that day

So I run to the river it was boilin'
I run to the sea it was boilin'
I run to the sea it was boilin'
All on that day
So I run to the lord
Please help me lord
Don't you see me prayin'
Don't you see me down here prayin'
But the lord said
Go to the devil
The lord said
Go to the devil
He said go to the devil
All on that day

So I ran to the devil
He was waiting
I ran to the devil he was waiting
I ran to the devil he was waiting
All on that day

Oh yeah
Oh I run to the river
It was boilin' I run to the sea
It was boilin' I run to the sea
It was boilin' all on that day
So I ran to the lord
I said lord hide me
Please hide me
Please help me
All on that day
Said God where were you
When you are old and prayin'
Lord lord hear me prayin'
Lord lord hear me prayin'
Lord lord hear me prayin'
All on that day
Sinnerman you oughta be prayin'
Oughta be prayin' sinnerman

Saturday 27 September 2014

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Tuesday 23 September 2014

928. He lays in the reins - Iron & Wine & Calexico



One more drink tonight as your gray stallion rests
Where he lays in the reins
For all of the speed and the strength he gave

One more kiss tonight from some tall stable girl
She's like grace from the earth
When you're all tuckered out and tame

Nunca pense que jamás
Tener la oportunidad de
reencontrar el camino de nuevo
Y formar un mundo mejor

One more tired thing the gray moon on the rise
When your want from the day
Makes you to curse in your sleep at night

One more gift to bring we may well find you laid
Like your steed in his reins
Tangled too tight and too long to fight

Monday 22 September 2014

927. Passing afternoon - Iron & Wine



There are times that walk from you like some passing afternoon
Summer warmed the open window of her honeymoon
And she chose a yard to burn but the ground remembers her
Wooden spoons, her children stir her Bougainvillea blooms

There are things that drift away like our endless, numbered days
Autumn blew the quilt right off the perfect bed she made
And she's chosen to believe in the hymns her mother sings
Sunday pulls its children from the piles of fallen leaves

There are sailing ships that pass all our bodies in the grass
Springtime calls her children until she let's them go at last
And she's chosen where to be, though she's lost her wedding ring
Somewhere near her misplaced jar of Bougainvillea seeds

There are things we can't recall, Blind as night that finds us all
Winter tucks her children in, her fragile china dolls
But my hands remember hers, rolling around the shaded ferns
Naked arms, her secrets still like songs I'd never learned

There are names across the sea, only now I do believe
Sometimes, with the window closed, she'll sit and think of me
But she'll mend his tattered clothes and they'll kiss as if they know
A baby sleeps in all our bones, so scared to be alone

Sunday 21 September 2014

926. Stay out of trouble - Kings of Convenience



1-2 1-2
I walked around for hours
Two ten-pence pieces in my hand
I was alone and freezing
Still trying hard to understand you

I left the others knowing
I had to work this by myself
But now the feeling's growing
I would be better off with their help

So baby
What we've got
Has lately
Not been enough
Not been enough

I wish I had your scarf still
That once embraced and kept me warm
I wish you could be with me
In these last days when I am still
Hopelessly poor

Stay out of trouble, stay in touch
Try not to think about me too much
Stay out of trouble, stay in touch
Try not to think about me too much

Wednesday 17 September 2014

925. The grand optimist - City and Colour



I fear I'm dying of complications
complications due to things that I've left undone
that all my debts will be left unpaid
feel like a cripple without a cane
I'm like a jack of all trades
who's a master of none

then there's my father
he's always looking on the bright side
saying things like "son, life just ain't that hard"
he is the grand optimist
I am the world's poor pessimist
you give him burdensome times
and he will escape unscarred

I guess I take after my mother

I used to be quite resilient
gain no strength from counting the beads on a rosary
now the wound has begun to turn
another lesson that has gone unlearned
but this is not a cry for pity or for sympathy

I guess I take after my mother

Friday 5 September 2014

924. Across 110th street - Bobby Womack



I was the third brother of five,
Doing whatever I had to do to survive.
I'm not saying what I did was alright,
Trying to break out of the ghetto was a day to day fight.

Been down so long, getting up didn't cross my mind,
I knew there was a better way of life that I was just trying to find.
You don't know what you'll do until you're put under pressure,
Across 110th Street is a hell of a tester.

Across 110th Street,
Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak
Across 110th Street,
Pushers won't let the junkie go free.
Across 110th Street,
Woman trying to catch a trick on the street.
Across 110th Street,
You can find it all in the street.

I got one more thing I'd like to y'all about right now.
Hey brother, there's a better way out.
Snorting that coke, shooting that dope man you're copping out.
Take my advice, it's either live or die.
You've got to be strong, if you want to survive.

The family on the other side of town,
Would catch hell without a ghetto around.
In every city you find the same thing going down,
Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town.

Across 110th Street,
Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak
Across 110th Street,
Pushers won't let the junkie go free.
Across 110th Street,
A woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ouh baby
Across 110th Street,
You can find it all in the street.
Yes he can, oh

Look around you, just look around you,
Look around you, look around you, uh yeah.

Thursday 4 September 2014

923. I still believe - Miss Saigon



KIM
Last night I watched him sleeping
My body pressed to him
And then he started speaking
The name I heard him speak...was Kim
Yes I know that this was years ago
But when moonlight fills my room I know
You are here...still

I still
I still believe
You will return
I know you will
My heart
Against all odds
Holds still

Yes, still
I still believe
I know as long as I can keep believing
I'll live
I'll live
Love cannot die
You will return... you will return
And I alone know why

ELLEN
Last night I watched you sleeping
Once more the nightmare came
I heard you cry out something
A word that sounded like... a name
And it hurts me more than I can bear
Knowing part of you I'll never share
Never know

But still
I still believe
The time will come
When nothing keeps us apart
My heart, forever more
Holds still

It's all over, I'm here
There is nothing to fear
Chris, what's haunting you?
Won't you let me inside
What you so want to hide?
I need you too!

KIM
For still

ELLEN
I will hold you all night
I will make it all right

KIM
I still believe

ELLEN
You are safe with me

KIM
As long as I

ELLEN
But I wish you would tell
what you don't want to tell

KIM
Can keep believing, I'll live

ELLEN
What your hell must be

KIM
I'll live

ELLEN
You can sleep now

KIM
You will return

ELLEN
You can cry now

KIM
And I know why

ELLEN
I'm your wife now

KIM
I'm yours

ELLEN
For life

KIM & ELLEN
Until we die

Wednesday 3 September 2014

922. Green eyes - Coldplay



Honey you are a rock
Upon which I stand
And I come here to talk
I hope you understand

That green eyes
Yeah the spotlight, shines upon you
And how could anybody deny you

I came here with a load
And it feels so much lighter
Now I met you
And honey you should know
That I could never go on without you
Green eyes

Honey you are the sea
Upon which I float
And I came here to talk
I think you should know

That green eyes
You're the one that I wanted to find
And anyone who tried to deny you
Must be out of their mind

Because I came here with a load
And it feels so much lighter
Since I met you
And honey you should know
That I could never go on without you

Green eyes
Green eyes
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh

Honey you are the rock
Upon which I stand

Tuesday 2 September 2014

921. She Used To Love Me A Lot - Johnny Cash



I saw her through the window today
She was sitting in the silver spoon café
I started to keep going
But something made me stop
She used to love me a lot

She looked lonely and I knew the cure
Old memories would wet her heart for sure
I thought I'd walk on in
And I'd give it my best shot
She used to love me a lot

I sat down beside her and she smiled
She said:''where have you been?
It's been a while'
She was glad to see me
I could almost read her thoughts
She used to love me a lot

She used to love me with her love that wouldn't die
Looking at her now I can't believe I said goodbye
It would only take a minute
To turn back the clock
She used to love me a lot

I remember how good it was back then
And I said it's not too late to start again
We could spend the night together
Take up where we left off
She used to love me a lot

But I panicked and she turned to walk away
As she went out the door I heard her say
Yes I'm in need of something
But something you ain't got
But I used to love you a lot

I thought she loved me with her love that wouldn't die
But looking at her now I can't believe she said goodbye
She just left me standing there
I've never been so shocked
She used to love me a lot

Monday 1 September 2014

920. You took your love away from me - Ane Brun





It's all because of you
I'm feeling sad and blue
You went away
Now my love is just a rainy day
I love you so
How much you'll never know
You've gone away and left me lonely

Untouchable memories
Seemed to keep haunting me
Of love so true
That once turned all my gray skies blue
But you disappeared
Now my eyes are filled with tears
I'm wishin' you were here with me
Soft with love are my thoughts of you
Now that you're gone
I don't know what to do

If only you were here
You'd wash away my tears
The sun would shine
And once again you'll be mine all mine
But in reality
Your love will never be
'Cause you took your love away from me
Hoooo-ooooh-ooooh

[Instrumental Interlude]

If only you were here
You'd wash away my tears
The sun would shine
And once again you'll be mine all mine
But in reality
Your love will never be
'Cause you took your love away from me
Hoooo-ooooh, baby
You took your love away from me